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I learn something every time i am on this forum. I never connected the floppy connector on my MB until I saw this post. Since I stilll use a floppy to support MS ASR, I had to go into fabrication mode to make this work since modern PS only have one floppy connector. Anyone know what this one services? My system ran fine without it but have not proceeded to OC'ing yet since I am still trying to sort out dual boot issues Thanks, Joe

When my machine posts and identifies its hardware resources it lists my SATA drive as a 133 device. Isn't SATA150 MHZ? Thanks, Joe

I had an unsolvable sound problem using the onboard sound with both the 32 and 64 bit versions of Ubuntu using the same board as you. I had to fall back to Windows XP, install the sound drivers from the MB CD and up everything came (although in my case it is 5.1). Have not tried reinstalling Unbuntu yet but will soon and hope that maybe it might work. As much as I like Linux, sound and multimedia have always been problems for me and even when things work they don't work as well as under XP. There is another forum devoted to Linux hardware compatibility call phoronix that you might try.

my build went together without any drama and the machine works using both the 32 and 64 bit version of Ubuntu 6.06. I, of course, have not been able to load chipset drivers or the utilities on the MB CD. One question shouldn't the chipset drivers be operating system independent? Are there any Linux users on the forum who have figured out how to install the DFI provided code? Biggest issue right now is no sound which i am sure is the result of not loading the sound drivers. All ideas and suggestions are most welcome. Joe

Thanks for the link to the build guide. Just to make sure I understand, the two memory sticks go into the two orange slots (I think they are numbered 1 and 3)?

I am putting together a new system as defined in my signature. I have a couple of questions: Into what slots should the two memory arrays that I am using be placed to support dual channel? DO the colors of the slots mean anything? (no reference in the documentation) This is a Linux build (Ubuntu). Are any of the drivers and utilities that ship with the board linux compatible? Are they 32 bit appliations? I am currently planning on running the 64 bit version of Ubuntu. Any experiences + or - with this OS and the NF-4 (especially things like SATA controller or sound driver issues)? Thanks, joe

Thanks for the reply, The latest automatix push has, among other things, upgrades to Nivdia drivers. Will try these first. Important point to note that all of my multimedia works under ubuntu, just not as sharp, clear, strong or tweakable as under MS XP. As per my earlier coment, open source is the future and in the ubuntu/open source community six sigma is personal desire/obsession rather than ISO imprimatur and will ultimately win the day (in my opinion). I have been at the computer game a long time and am amazed at the quality of the software produced by the open source commumity for love rather than money. Still use XP for the kids gaming machine and my wife's academic computer but the end for these is on the horizon. Just wish I could contribute more than i do to the effort. Joe

I am running ubuntu on the old NF II hardware as a learning system. Impressions of Ubuntu (and Debian by association): Not equal to XP in the multimedia department. Inferior video and sound and difficult to resolve problems (see other post on binutil). Really stable and more forgiving than MS during overclocking. Don't see the kinds of issues that you see with MS (ie. with Ubuntu you get a "kernel panick" reboot, go back to the bios, and all is forgiven). Great user community and tech support. Post a question to www.ubuntu.com and you will be amazed at the quality of the response (usually) and the timeliness. Open source is the future and anyone who is interested in overclocking and such should check it out. Joe

Thanks for the link. I don't know how expert you are with Linux, but I'm having a further problem (misunderstanding). I downloaded the driver file from Nvidia and tried to run it from an adminstrator shell. The installer errored off with "binutil not found in path. If binutil is present make sure lp is in path". I verified that binutil is installed on my system. Any idea how I make lp available in the path the binary file resides in? I have posted this question a couple of places on the Ubuntu forum with no reply. maybe you know. Joe

Are there any recommended sound drivers for use with Linux? I get feedback through my speakers when audio is not being used. When listening to Internet streams, mp3s and CDs the static seems to go away but sound reproduction is variable. I looked at the DFI download page and all of the files reference MS OS. I am presently using the 6/19 bios and the 5.10 system driver package. Joe

If the pros say no, I have no desire to be on the bleeding edge to find out. Just wondered since i have never runn any machine with a DIMM larger than 512. Since my Mushkin setup has been a bit of a disappointment for the money, I am hoping to perhaps do a little better with a single large stick in only one slot rather than two or more. Just a thought. maybe the money is better spent buying an NF3 and one of the AMD 64s instead. Thanks as always for a prompt reply. Joe

I am considering changing the memory on my system from the current 2X256 Mushkin Level 1 dual pack to a single 1G stick (manufacturer as yet undecided). I have read various places that large memory sticks should be registered to lessen the load on the memory controller. I have always thought this was primarily a consideration for systems used as servers. I have looked at the DFI documentation and see no references to registered memory. Two questions: Does the Ultra Infinity II support registered memory? If yes, is the extra cost warranted in a system used primarily for gaming and general use? Thanks, Joe

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Thanks for a truely useful Registry mod. I have modified three machines with this change, one using a T1 LAN connection and two sharing an ADSL connection and note significantly better browser performance (page retrieval) with both Mozilla and IE. Its especially noticeable when changing site. Joe

Go to control panel and then to "add/remove programs". You should find an uninstall routine in the SP2 package listed. A couple of lessons from the school of hard knocks. Once SP2 is installed it appears to make permanent changes to IE. You will probably notice the the new IE pop up blocker remains in IE after you roll back to SP1. I'm not sure of other changes in IE. Although SP2 will uninstall successfully it apparently makes permanent changes to the Windows XP Installer routine (moving from version 2 to version 3). This should not be an issue for most people. Do not, however, restore a registry created previous to the SP2 install. If you do as I did on my wife's university machine you may disable the entire WIndows Office Suite, a certain way to endear yourself to your other half. 5 hours on the phone (long distance on my dime) with Microsoft technical support and things work again but now only under SP2. On my gamer, which hasn't had the registry rolled back, the revision to SP1 seems to have been successful. "With friends like these, who needs enemies"